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Stop. Fucking. Buying. Non. Google. Phones.
by JaceLightning 7y ago
Stop. Fucking. Buying. Non. Google. Phones.
- SlavikCA 7y agoGoogle wants everybody to sell Android's phones - that's how it promotes Android OS; that's how it competes with iOS. That's why Android OS open sourced by Google. But at the same time, I think Google wants to sell it's own phones and competes with other Android manufacturers. That's conflict of own Google interests. And "other manufacturers" mostly care about their sales, - they don't really care about Android OS success - that's for Google to care.
- scarface74 7y agoMost of what makes Android, Android in non Chinese markets are the proprietary closed sourced parts that manufactures have to license from Google. Google has been abandoning more and more of the open source parts over the years.
- throwaway2048 7y ago<incorrect information>
- PopePompus 7y agoI think you're wrong about that. My circa 2016 Pixel XL got an update to Android 10 a couple of months ago.
- dstaley 7y agoWait what? The original Pixel was updated to Android 10. That's three years of updates.
- pjmlp 7y agoWhere can I buy new iOS devices without contract for 300 € ?
- Grumbledour 7y agoWhy would you buy a google phone? Because they promise to show you how phones "should be done"? Then they stop updates after 18 Months, and more egregiously, security updated after 3 years. Yeah, great track record google. Other manufacturers sell throwaway phones cheaper! (I am just bitter, still miss my Nexus 5)
- theandrewbailey 7y agoI. Might. When. Google. Sells. A. Sub. $300. Phone.